Additives To Corn Cob Media Question
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Cherokee
Medina, Ohio
This is what I bought last couple of times:
http://www.greenproducts.com/greentru/corncob-products/
40 lbs 2040 grade has lasted me several years (2/3 rds gone) and was $27 delivered last time. The 2040 grade cleans well and is small enough to NOT clog the flash hole. I understood the Grange stores also had this at one time, don't know about now.
http://www.greenproducts.com/greentru/corncob-products/
40 lbs 2040 grade has lasted me several years (2/3 rds gone) and was $27 delivered last time. The 2040 grade cleans well and is small enough to NOT clog the flash hole. I understood the Grange stores also had this at one time, don't know about now.
I bought some MS that was supposed to be "green", wasn't going to but that was all they had. The junk looks like skimmed milk, doesn't seem to work well either. Went to Home Depot and got the good stuff.
I have used alcohol and or acetone in a pinch. Clap the lid on and it won't vaporize off as bad.
As mentioned though, not a good idea. Highly flammable vapors and electric motors are not a good combo.
Jeff
I have used alcohol and or acetone in a pinch. Clap the lid on and it won't vaporize off as bad.
As mentioned though, not a good idea. Highly flammable vapors and electric motors are not a good combo.
Jeff
Cherokee
Medina, Ohio
Some of this boils down to personal preference, but I've been using vib cleaning for 30+ years and never had a problem getting clean and polished brass. Sometime the brass does not shine like new, but generally it does. To me, clean is the most important. My process is simple, throw the fired brass I the vib for a few hours and be done. Back in the 60's-70's I tried various methods of washing, drying, special chemicals, soap, etc. Then I made my own rotating tumbler using walnut shells and mineral spirits (to keep the dust down). Finally I went to the vib cleaner with corn cob (the 2040 grade, see above) and some polish, best method for me.
fiver
Well-Known Member
yep finding a way that works for you with your stuff is the better way to do it.
Brass doesn't have to sparkle in the sun like gold, it just has to be clean enough to function in the gun without carrying anything that will scar the die or the guns chamber.
some of my brass looks better than new and has a coating on it to keep it from tarnishing.
those are the same cases I keep locked down in a fiber drum [or an ammo can] inside a plastic bag with desiccant packs tossed in the middle.
it will take me a while to get to the bottom of the 10-K rounds in that drum [or to those ammo can stashes]
other stuff is fairly dull, but clean inside and out and will be shot in the next 6-7 months.
Brass doesn't have to sparkle in the sun like gold, it just has to be clean enough to function in the gun without carrying anything that will scar the die or the guns chamber.
some of my brass looks better than new and has a coating on it to keep it from tarnishing.
those are the same cases I keep locked down in a fiber drum [or an ammo can] inside a plastic bag with desiccant packs tossed in the middle.
it will take me a while to get to the bottom of the 10-K rounds in that drum [or to those ammo can stashes]
other stuff is fairly dull, but clean inside and out and will be shot in the next 6-7 months.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
I agree with Cherokee. Vib with corncob, capful of NuFinish, couple hours for normal.
1/2 hour for fairly clean, overnight for really grungy.
I have a large quantity of new/unprimed LC 5.56 brass that was somehow stored badly, lots of tarnish.
It is getting the Lemishine soak to reverse the oxidation, then a brief corncob/NuFinish tumble
and looks like the new brass that it is. Rarely need the Lemishine treatment, thank
goodness. Really hate the whole wet processing stuff, avoid it like the plague when
I can.
Bill
1/2 hour for fairly clean, overnight for really grungy.
I have a large quantity of new/unprimed LC 5.56 brass that was somehow stored badly, lots of tarnish.
It is getting the Lemishine soak to reverse the oxidation, then a brief corncob/NuFinish tumble
and looks like the new brass that it is. Rarely need the Lemishine treatment, thank
goodness. Really hate the whole wet processing stuff, avoid it like the plague when
I can.
Bill
